2024

• Accessibility Series: six hands-on workshops to educate employees on the basics of creating accessible documents, providing space and time for attendees to convert their own existing materials into accessible, ADA-compliant files
  
  
• Employment Application: in conjunction with human resources, update information listed on the college's job search website to include a "call to action," the college's commitment to DEIA+, student and employee demographics, specialized services and programs, noncredit education, and the college's core values
  
  
• Hiring Process: in conjunction with human resources, develop sample action-based hiring interview questions, accounting for transferable skills, and categorized by skill set
  
  
• Research and Data: conduct student and employee interviews

last updated January 17, 2024

2023

• Campus Equity Walks: employees voluntarily participated in two campus tours to identify areas which can be more "inclusive," focusing on accessibility and signage/messaging
  
  
• Data and Donuts: four sessions where in-person and Zoom attendees reviewed DEI survey reports from students and employees
  
  
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Plan: in conjunction with human resources, worked on drafting an EEO plan with an emphasis on DEIA+ efforts/practices, utilizing a new template from the Chancellor's Office and disaggregated employee data
  
  
• Mobile App: updated to include locations for commonly used services and resources on campus and locations for all-gender restrooms, water refill stations, hygiene products, and lactation stations
  
  
• Student Discussion Groups: working in conjunction with IRPE and SEAP to form and conduct student groups, addressing the needs/concerns of disproportionately-impacted student populations, including developing a training for facilitators to lead discussions/collect data; five focus groups were completed with additional outreach being conducted in the coming year
  
  
• Website: created DEIA+ website

2022

• Accessibility: began providing closed captioning for videos posted on Citrus College social media accounts
  
  
• CCCApply: updated and expanded the "Needs and Interest" question to better connect new students with specialized services that meet their needs (i.e. Guardian Scholars program, Pride Center, Men of Color program, Rising Scholars program, etc.)
  
  
• DEIA+ Committee: formed the college's DEIA+ Committee (a standing committee of Steering), and created a committee website
  
  
• Director: hiring of the DEI director
  
  
• Gender: added legal gender nonbinary (X) to all internal benefit documents in places where gender is requested; expanded the "Legal Information Change" form to allow students to update/correct student files to reflect their legal gender to female, male, or non-binary
  
  
• Grade Books/Rosters: updated to automatically reflect a students' chosen names
  
  
• Graduation Application/Diplomas: revised the application and process to include students' chosen names
  
  
• Rising Scholars: awarded grant to assist with planning and implementing services specifically for incarcerated or formerly incarcerated students
  
  
• Surveys and Assessments: collected DEI student and employee surveys, and developed/finalized the first collegewide survey to assess DEI
  
  
• Video: posted short video showing students how to add or change their chosen/affirmed/preferred name on their account
  
  
• Zendesk: created article to inform students how to add or change their chosen/affirmed/preferred name on their account

2021

• Director: the district created the director of DEI job description and was approved by the board of trustees
  
  
• Equity: graphic developed to illustrate the definition of "equity"
  
  
• Gap Analysis: comprehensive review of major college plans, board policies, and administrative procedures
  
  
• Language: developed language for how the college defines diversity, equity and inclusion

2020

• Commitment: Citrus College Administration established and supported their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
  
  
• DEI Task Force: formation of the task force and its website

last updated January 17, 2024